Probable Base Number for Genus x = ca 20-26
K. lasiophthalmna n= ca 26 ref Robinson et al. 1989 (NOTE - according to Robinson et al. 1989, the voucher from Turner et al. 1979 for the count of n=10 listed for K. lasiophthalmna (as Eupatorium lasiophthalmnum) is actually Lorentzianthus viscidus)
References
Robinson, H., A. M. Powell, G. D. Carr, R. M. King, and J. F. Weedin. 1989. Chromosome numbers
in Compositae, XVI: Eupatorieae II. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 1004-1011.
Turner, B. L., J. Bacon, L. Urbatsch and B. Simpson. 1979. Chromosome numbers in
South American Compositae. American Journal of Botany 66: 173-178.